What is the name of your organization?
MyMedikoz
What is the name of your solution?
MyMedikoz
Provide a one-line summary or tagline for your solution.
MyMedikoz aggregates patients' health data from various disconnected health facilities through a mobile-first personal health records platform.
In what city, town, or region is your solution team headquartered?
Kampala, Uganda
In what country is your solution team headquartered?
UGA
What type of organization is your solution team?
For-profit, including B-Corp or similar models
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What specific problem are you solving?
In Uganda, uninsured patients, who make up 98.9% of the 50 million population. While those that are insured benefit from structured and connected health data managed by insurance providers and their affiliated health facilities. The rest struggle with inaccessible medical history, especially when care is across health facilities, because over 80% of healthcare facilities rely on paper-based tools and digital solutions lack data sharing. This leads to medical errors, repeat tests, and generally poor continuity of care. Caregivers managing dependents, such as children or elderly relatives, face even greater difficulties in tracking and coordinating care across providers.
Additionally, because most Ugandans do not have verified or traceable medical histories, they are often unable to enroll or qualify for health insurance schemes, which require medical records for eligibility and claims. This deepens financial vulnerability and increases out-of-pocket health spending, which accounts for over 60% of total health expenditure.
At a population level, Uganda suffers from health data poverty, the lack of accurate, accessible, and usable health data needed for informed care and policy-making. While Africa bears 25% of the global disease burden, it contributes only 2% of global health research output.
What is your solution?
MyMedikoz is a mobile-first personal health records platform that enables patients to aggregate, access, and share their medical records from various health facilities, enhancing data connectivity across the healthcare ecosystem.
Products include mobile and web app, tailored for patients and facilities. APIs for interoperability of existing EHR systems, insurers, NGOs, researchers, and government ensuring each user accesses tools and data relevant to their role.
How It Works
Step 1: Register – Sign up independently or get registered by a healthcare provider. Caregivers can also manage records for dependents like children, the elderly, or individuals with disabilities.
Step 2: Book Appointments – Schedule doctor visits, lab tests, or follow-ups directly in the app for easy access to healthcare services.
Step 3: Store , Access and share Medical Records – Lab results, prescriptions, diagnoses, invoices, and referrals are accessed in real time on the app. Users can also upload past records or symptom images and share to other healthcare providers.
Step 4: Co-Manage Records – Both patients and healthcare providers play a role in ensuring accuracy and seamless care continuity.
Step 5: AI-Powered Insights – The app analyzes medical records to offer personalized health insights, reminders, and chatbot support for quick health-related queries.
For the ecosystem : Integrate with MyMedikoz APIs for seamless interoperability
Who does your solution serve, and in what ways will the solution impact their lives?
MyMedikoz directly serves the 98.9% of Ugandans who are uninsured, with a focus on low-income individuals and rural communities. These groups often navigate a fragmented, paper-based healthcare system and lack convenient access to their complete medical history, which is critical for informed treatment, continuity of care, and eligibility for insurance.
They are currently underserved by a system that provides no centralized health records, limited follow-up, and poor data-sharing between facilities due to disconnected facility centric systems. The only time they can access their records is during a visit to the health facility, often in the form of handwritten notes or printed documents that are easily lost, damaged, or discarded. Many rely on memory or verbal instructions, increasing the risk of repeated tests, misdiagnoses, and exclusion from programs requiring documented health histories.
MyMedikoz addresses this by leveraging Uganda’s growing 49% smartphone usage rate, providing a mobile-first platform where patients and facilities can aggregate, access, and share their health records across facilities. Accounts can be self-created or set up by providers. The platform supports dependents, enables co-management with providers, and uses AI to simplify complex medical data.
